Peace of Mind Organizing

If you crave order and can’t seem to create it in your home, a professional organizer can help you achieve and maintain that order and the peace of mind that comes with it. Janine Adams, founder of Peace of Mind Organizing, LLC, will bring expertise and an objective eye to your situation, and will help you motivate yourself to discard unwanted objects that are cluttering your life. By hiring a professional, you’re making a commitment to work toward creating the environment you yearn to live in.

Possibly. But will you carve out the time to do it? If you hire Janine to assess your situation and make recommendations and/or come help you organize, you’re dedicating the time and resources to achieving your goals. And you’re hiring an expert to help. Janine will have ideas and resources you haven’t thought of for tackling your personal organizational challenges. If your experience is like that of Janine’s other clients, you’ll have some fun in the process as well!

Trying to use an organizing system that doesn’t mesh with the way you think is like trying to shove a square peg into a round hole. Janine will ask you many questions and make suggestions based on what she thinks will work for you. She won’t force any system on you, but instead will work with you until you find one that’s right for you. She can also provide support until the new system is firmly in place.

Anything you throw away will be your decision alone. If clutter is a problem in your home, you’ll almost certainly need to part with unneeded or unwanted items. Janine will help you identify those items and encourage you to discard them. But she won’t make you get rid of anything. Almost 20 years ago, she encouraged her now-husband to toss out all his class notes from college and he lived to regret it (and has reminded her about once a year!). She learned a valuable lesson—she never tries to influence people to give up irreplaceable items. But she’ll cheer you on as you decide to give up things that no longer have meaning or value for you.

Janine charges a flat fee for her Eyes of a Stranger™ personal consultation. She charges an hourly fee for her hands-on organizing work. After she sees your home, she can give you an idea of how much time she expects it to take to achieve your goals. She doesn’t offer a binding estimate, however, since the amount of time a job takes can depend upon how quickly you can make decisions. She tends to work in three- or four-hour sessions (three hours is the minimum). Payment is requested at the end of each organizing session. If you live less than an hour from her home in the city of St. Louis, she doesn’t charge for travel time.

If you live a distance away (too far for Janine to drive back and forth home each day), Janine can travel to work with you. When she travels, she charges a daily fee, and will work with you as long as you want each day. You’re responsible for her travel costs (hotel, food, airfare or gasoline), as well as her daily fee. Janine has found this type of intensive work to be very productive.

That depends on the size and scope of the job, how quickly you’re able to decide about thinning out your belongings, and how much you want Janine to help you do. If you’re willing and able to do “homework” between sessions, the process will go faster and be less expensive.

Janine will work with you to establish an organizing system that works for you and will teach you the skills needed to maintain order. If you don’t have the time to stay on top of your particular organizational challenge, you can hire Janine for maintenance work.

If you’re having trouble staying organized after the hands-on work is completed, and you need help staying motivated, telephone coaching can provide you just that. For a time commitment of an hour a week, you may be able to prevent backsliding into disorder.

Please don’t! Janine will want to see the full extent of any disorder in your home and get a chance to see how you live with it. It’s imperative that she sees the piles that habitually appear, so she can figure out how to make them disappear and stay away.

Absolutely not. Janine is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and adheres to its Code of Ethics, which requires complete client confidentiality. Janine recognizes that clutter and disorder are personal and respects each client’s privacy.

Not necessarily. If you’re like a lot of people who crave order, you’ve amassed a large number of organizing products. Janine will strive to use items you already own. You may need to purchase some organizing supplies. If storage is an issue for you, some types of furniture or shelving may be necessary. Of course whether or not to purchase items will be completely up to you.